Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Begins Guest Test Run – Part 2

We are back with more from Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom and while we’d love to stay and chit chat, we’ve got some more photos and video and perhaps a New Fantasyland Update 😉 to throw into the mix as well. So as always, sit back, relax and have an amazing journey alongside our incredible experience of Magic Kingdom’s latest attraction.

Sir Mickey’s has three Sorcerers locations and they are much closer than they appear in the other lands of the park…

I’m not a big fan of them being so obvious and visible but I’m sure there are reasons why they are so close…

Still, Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom adds an extra layer of fun and magic to a park that could really use more interactive attractions like this one that extend the concept of what can be done within the confines of a themepark.

The wonderful thing about speakers…

…is speakers are wonderful things!

Video Cameras too…

…this is one very intriguing implementation of Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom…

For one, the actual window leads into a much larger space than normally afforded for the portal installations…

This allows for some better theming and perhaps a little more creative room to work with.

You see this glass pane? That is for projecting an image onto. Yeah we know cool huh?!

Once you see it on the video it will make all the more sense but it is a simple yet effective effect that changes the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Routine…

…hopefully a sign of things to come in future implementations.

You know, I was looking for a good book to read on this trip 🙂

Needed any more proof that Imagineers had been here, LED lighting just like we saw over by the installation in the Main Street USA Train Station.

Just a small walk over we head towards the Princess themed shop across from Sir Mickey’s and there we find this window.

It could be just any window except I spy a lock 😉

…and well you know the drill by now.

Lighting makes the world go round…

This is one of the better locations so far in Fantasyland because it uses an area that is often neglected by guests on their way to ride Fantasylands many attractions.

Love the grates that cover the speakers here…

And then like Magic, we spot a cast member over by Pirates of the Caribbean opening up a portal!!!

I can’t tell you how excited I was watching this for the first time, though little did I know less than 24 hours later I’d be testing it out for myself. (Video will be up as quickly as possible)

A nicely themed Sorcerers Portal over by Sunshine Tree Terrace…

I didn’t get to try this location in our preview and perhaps it wasn’t completely ready for prime time.

Found another! Over in Frontierland just across from Country Bear Jamboree.

Yeah it seems the Disney Villains are ready to take over most of the park except perhaps Tomorrowland? Or perhaps that is still coming soon…

This window is off to the side and its what I think a Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom location should be…

…almost invisible to the average guest who is not on his or her Sorcerer quest.

Ingeniously hidden camera but you are a pro, you already knew that!

The speakers fill the area you are in with some sound but I’ve found a careful job has been done here to make sure noise pollution doesn’t destroy the average guest just walking and enjoying the various lands with their background, theme setting music.

This is by far the best themed Frontierland location and it looks pretty incredible at night too.

The green glow on the Wanted poster was a foreshadowing clue but you’ll have to stick around to see what I mean!

It’s very neat how this Wanted poster so easily disguises the screen behind it.

But we aren’t done yet…

…how about yet another location. Another neat thing about the implementation of Sorcerers…

…is that the tech behind this adventure game makes sure to schedule which Sorcerer locations to send guests to in a fashion that almost ensures you will not have a queue of guests waiting…

…to entertain the next portion of their quest. Though naturally this did occur a few times, where we had to wait, it was the exception rather than the norm.